mitogen in English

noun
1
a substance that induces or stimulates mitosis.
Platelet-derived growth factor is a major polypeptide growth factor found in human serum, platelets and fibroblasts and is a potent mitogen for cells of mesenchymal origin.

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1. Expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase was also decreased in Adenos-transduced cells.

2. Mitogen : a chemical that stimulates a cell to commence cell division, triggering mitosis (i.e. cell division).

3. 15 In addition to its potent vasoconstrictive actions, ET-1 is also a mitogen for vascular smooth muscle cells.

4. Clinical Validation of Coexisting Activating Mutations Within EGFR, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase, and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Pathways in …

5. 20 The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade plays an important role in signal conversion and amplification of extracellular stimuli in eukaryotic organisms.

6. This leads to activation of the JAK/STAT (Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription) and MAPK (mitogen activated protein kinase) cascades.

7. Scaffold proteins may Biphasically affect the levels of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling and reduce its threshold properties Andre Levchenko*†‡, Jehoshua Bruck†, and Paul W

8. Areg A gene on chromosome 4q13-q21 that encodes a member of the epidermal growth factor family, which is an autocrine growth factor and a mitogen for astrocytes, Schwann cells and fibroblasts

9. The MAPKINDROUGHT (MAPK signalling network to adapt leaf growth to drought conditions) initiative investigated the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and associated enzymes involved in the drought stress response.

10. We have discovered that Mtb Eis is an efficient N ∊ -acetyltransferase, rapidly Acetylating Lys55 of dual-specificity protein phosphatase 16 (DUSP16)/mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-7 (MKP-7), a JNK-specific phosphatase.

11. Immunologic abnormalities in children with TGA included a decreased level of T-lymphocytes and T29° subpopulation, impaired mitogen-induced lymphoproliferation in vitro, and increased nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction activity of monocytes. Impaired parameters of cellular immunity correlated with worst clinical status.

12. Results: The results of Western Blottings showed that TXA enhanced the production of autophagy-related proteins such as mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2, Beclin-1, Atg12, and light chain 3 (LC3) I-II, whereas it decreased the synthesis of the mTOR complex